(M is 35 months old)
We've been talking about patterns for a while now and M apparently thinks it's a line up of any kind. He made these "patterans" this week and was so proud of them:
It was so cute, he listed off the patterns to me like this - circle, square, circle, circle, star, square... and on and on until he was at the end. Evidently we need to work on the idea of repeating objects in order for it to be a real pattern. And don't you like how we had to hang his lacing beads up on the window tie-back? "For decoration" of course. :)We did a little toothpick and styrofoam activity, pushing the toothpicks in and then putting beads on. I tried the whole pattern thing with him again, seeing if he could copy my pattern. He did, and then he added his own little touch:Then some pipe cleaners got in on the action. This activity kept him busy for quite a while:
We did a little squeezing-water-out-of-a-sponge-with-a-garlic-press activity (That's it's official name). I think I got this idea from The Wonder Years, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
He did his foam ABC puzzle. Hammering the letters in never gets old.We did a dinosaur matching game (file folder game found here):
And we lined up color cards by shade, lightest to darkest:
He did his name puzzle:
And he worked on this little wipe-off mat we found (dollar spot at Target, I love it!) - We picked a letter then I went through and named all the objects for him and he circled the ones that started with that letter's sound. He did great. And he actually circled things, which I didn't know he could do. Yay for fine moter skills! :)
He spent about an hour playing with play-doh, he was very into it!
He worked outside on his car. He's really into fixing things lately (pretend of course). :)
One day he had to have a Superman mask. He doesn't even know who Superman is, but he got a little Superman action figure at a garage sale and I told him a little bit about him. So we went online to see if there was a mask we could print out. No superman, but I found a cute site that has a lot of animal masks - all printable for free! He decided to be a frog! :)
That's my boy!
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Wow what a great week. Emily loves her lacing beads and foam alphabet puzzle too!
ReplyDeleteI really like the "squeezing-water-out-of-a-sponge-with-a-garlic-press activity"! I have seen this on a few other blogs and one day we will give it a try! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!All of them look so fun!
ReplyDeleteHis patterns are adorable!!
ReplyDeleteI love the pipe cleaners/foam activity--this would be really fun!
You had a busy week of learning and have some wonderful ideas to share--thank you!
I just made color tablets for Sweet Pea to line up from lightest to darkest, but she wasn't interested at all. I think I'm going to give it another few weeks before introducing them again.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great week. The patterns look like something Anna would make - she also "doesn't get" repeating objects unless it's a zebra. we also love wipe-off books here - it's really a nice way to try the same things over and over. "Superman" mask is supercute too.
ReplyDeleteGreat week! I like the toothpicks in the Styrofoam. We have that alphabet mat from Target too (LOVE the Dollar spot!). My daughter likes to make patterns too.
ReplyDeleteI like the toothpicks in styrofoam with the bead patterns. We're having trouble understanding what pattern means, too, so maybe we'll try this! And I have to print some of those masks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun week with dinosaurs! Caden would love the toothpicks and beads. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the toothpicks and beads idea. I'll be back for more great ideas. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy week, I love the toothpick game and the paint chips spectrum!
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